Christian Rudolf Riedel

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the ve...

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the ve...

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the ve...

The search for an authoritative musical text led Christian Rudolf Riedel, among others, to the 'New World', specifically to the archives of the New York Philharmonic ...

Édouard Lalo’s masterly Symphonie espagnole Op. 21 is undeniably one of the most sparkling and beloved gems of the Romantic violin repertoire. Radiating Iberian temperament, virtuosic brilliance, and...

Urtext-Neuland: Die Ouvertüre Leonore Nr. 3 To this day, the two central Fidelio overtures are performed from musical texts that date back to the inaccurate and erroneous first printings of the parts....

For the 'Fidelio' overture, composed at lightning speed in 1814, a copy of the score in the Austrian National Library today provides a reliable basis for a new text-critical edition.

Long misunderstood between Beethoven and Brahms Schumann's last concertante orchestral work was first performed only in 1937 and at the same time published in an editorially inadequate edition. It was...

The question 'Why add music to such perfect poetry?' preoccupied Schumann long and intensively. His first compositional approach to Goethes 'Faust' began in 1844, but it was not until 1851 that he fin...

Schumann had already worked on Byron's Manfred as a law student, and the topic fascinated him from that time on. Perhaps he discovered a spiritual affinity to himself in the romantic hero's inner conf...

The Overture to Hermann and Dorothea is the only compositional result that Schumann reaped from Goethes epic poem. He had originally planned an entire opera, then a Singspiel, and finally an oratorio....

Robert Schumann placed great importance on the genre of the 'overture,' as can be seen in the chronology of the genesis of his sole opera Genoveva. In his 'Haushaltbuch' the composer entered as his fi...

Originally, the present work - with Latin text and the title 'Non nobis, Domine' - was a gift composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy for his sister Fanny's 25th birthday in November 1830. Five years...

Originally, the present work - with Latin text and the title 'Non nobis, Domine' - was a gift composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy for his sister Fanny's 25th birthday in November 1830. Five years...

Originally, the present work - with Latin text and the title 'Non nobis, Domine' - was a gift composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy for his sister Fanny's 25th birthday in November 1830. Five years...

Originally, the present work - with Latin text and the title 'Non nobis, Domine' - was a gift composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy for his sister Fanny's 25th birthday in November 1830. Five years...

Originally, the present work - with Latin text and the title 'Non nobis, Domine' - was a gift composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy for his sister Fanny's 25th birthday in November 1830. Five years...

For the first time clearly the 'version last hand

For the first time clearly the 'version last hand

Experience fiery passion, virtuosic brilliance, and vibrant Iberian flair: Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole Op. 21 is undoubtedly one of the most captivating masterpieces of the Romantic violin conc...

For the first time clearly the 'version last hand

Harmony parts: piccolo flute, flute (2), oboe (2), clarinet (2), bassoon (2), horn (2), trumpet (2), snare drum

The importance of the genre "overture" for Robert Schumann is shown by the creation chronology of his only opera. The composer notes "overture thoughts" as the first keyword in the household book and...

The importance of the genre "overture" for Robert Schumann is shown by the creation chronology of his only opera. The composer notes "overture thoughts" as the first keyword in the household book and...

The importance of the genre "overture" for Robert Schumann is shown by the creation chronology of his only opera. The composer notes "overture thoughts" as the first keyword in the household book and...